Improvement in umbrella-runners



PETER MOLLOY, OE NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT IN UMBRELLAERUNNERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. lS6,600, dated January 23, 1877 application led December 28, 1876. d

To all 'whom tt may concern Be it known that 1, PETER MoLLoY, of Newark, in the county of Essex, and in the State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Parasol and Umbrella Runners without the use ot' springs in the sticks; and do hereby declare-that the following is a full, clear, andexact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of 'reference marked thereon, making a part of this specification. l

rlhel nature of my invention consists in the .construction and arrangement of a runner for umbrellas and parasols, as will be hereinafteras to keep said tube in proper position at all more fully set forth. A

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and 'use the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, in which- Figure l is a side view of my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same. Figs. 3, 4, and 5 are detailed views ot' parts thereof.

lPhe runner is composed ot'an interior tube, A, and an exterior tube, B, having a spiral or coiled spring, C, placed between them, one end of said spring being secured to the interior tube, and the other end to the exterior tube. The upper end ot' the exterior tube B is provided With the usual notched'ring E. in which the braces are pivoted, and at the lower end of the-interiortube is secured acollar or llange, G, to form a hand-hold simply in operating the runner. rlhe interior tubeAextends a suitable distance above the exterior tube B, and is formed at its upper end with a vertical slot, a, at the bottom of which is a horizontal slot, b. The metal at the upper end of the slot is cut oli' inclined, so as to pass over a -ner tube A is simply turned by means of the collar or flange Gr.

i is a collar around the upper end of the inner tube, for strengthening the inner tube Where it is slotted. 'The ange G at one end of theinner tube and the open ring at the other end of said tube act as shoulders for each end of the outer tube to bear against, so

times.

lt will be seen that the inner tube extends beyond the outer tube, and that a portion of the'vertical slot a in the same is above the notched ring E, while the horizontal slot I: in the inner tube is entirely concealed by the outer tube. Thus, when the umbrella is open, the pin d on the stai' is entirely concealed.

Having vthus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Paten t, ist The combinationof the outer tube B, having the notched ring E, with the inner tube A, extended above the outer tube, and provided with the slot a I), open ,ring t', and hanged ring G, and the interposed spring G, all constructed as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that l claim the foregoingI have hereunto set my hand this 8th day of December, 1876.

PETER MOLLOY.

. Witnesses:

JULIUs GERsoN, F. A. MACY. 

